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Brush series #1 - Face brushes

September 16, 2016

The most frequent thing you guys ask me is what brushes to use when applying specific makeup products, so I decided to create a series of posts about brush categories and types that I personally like to use.

The brushes will be grouped in two series: face brushes and eye brushes, and in these two series they will be grouped in a few different categories in each series, depending on a use of the brush.

I think it is important to say that the brush choice is a personal preference and most of the brushes can be used in many purposes. Depending on what you want to achieve and which type of the brush you prefer, your list can be different than mine. So, I would like you to write in the comments your preference and suggestions, so the rest of you can read as many opinions and make their choice on which type of brush to use.

In this post I won't mention any brands of brushes, I will talk about general types and shapes of makeup brushes so you can get the idea of what to use. Also, I won't talk about what the brushes are made of.

Also, I have to say, the makeup brushes don't necessary be expensive to do the job, it is more important to find brushes that you actually like.

In this category of brushes I like to use 2 types: brushes for liquid foundation and brushes for cream or mousse foundations.

For applying liquid foundation I like to use flat top and round top brushes, more or less dense, depending on the coverage I want. Remember that the denser the brush, the more coverage you will get.

For applying cream or mousse foundations I tend to use the same shaped brushes as for primer and then I go in with the previous mentioned types of flat or round shaped brushes to blend those eventual brush strokes.

In this category I use 2 types: those for applying under eye concealer and those for spot concealing.

Althoughmost of the time for applying and blending the under eye concealer I like to use a beauty blender sponge, sometimes I use that dense brushes that taper at the end. Also I use a small angled or flat top duo fiber brush, or any bigger shorter blending brush.

For contouring the face I use so many types of brushes. Some of them are angled brushes, a bit more narrow, the ones with flat top
and also the one that taper at the top. For this category also goes -
the denser the brush, the more product it will pick up and it will be more pigmented.

For nose contouring I use smaller narrow brushes.________________________________________________________________________________

The lip brushes are the ones I rarely use on myself, like when I really need to blend in my lipstick that is streaky. But for applying lipstick on others (for sanitary reasons but also for precision), I use small flat paddle brushes with tapered pointy top.

Besides all of mentioned types and categories, I use beauty blender sponges for almost everything: applying the foudation, concealer, for setting that concealer, for blending eveything in, especially sharp contour lines etc.

And for last blending everything I applied, I use duo fibre stippling brushes.